**Foodmakers will be required to put special labels on packages of foods made with GMO ingredients effective January 1, of next year.

Agriculture.com reports, the nationwide labeling law was enacted more than two years ago to prevent a state-by-state patchwork of labeling laws and to settle the national debate over the foods, which the FDA says are safe to eat.

Instead of GMO, the USDA decided to use the term “bioengineered food,” which will carry a BE symbol.